Monday, June 23, 2008

STEWART CINKS OPPOSITION

STEWART CINKS OPPOSITION

Stewart Cink won the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut, after a solid final 18 holes.

Entering the final round with a two-shot lead, Cink squandered the advantage before regaining it to win by one shot over 2007 champion Hunter Mahan and Tommy Armour III.

Cink carded a three-under-par 67 to finish at 18-under, having also won this tournament in 1997 when it was known as the Greater Hartford Open.

Overcoming a brief weather delay during the final round, Cink carded four birdies and a bogey.

The American endured his lone bogey at the par-four fourth hole, then was flawless the rest of the way as he collected the first prize of US$1million.

It was Cink's fifth career title and his first since 2004, who finished fifth last week at the US Open.

Londoner Brian Davis carded a final round of 66 to lift himself to 11 under and a share of 12th place.

Fellow Englishman Justin Rose had a 67 to finish a stroke behind in a tie for 19th.

Collated final round scores & totals (USA unless stated, par 70):

262 Stewart Cink 66 64 65 67

263 Hunter Mahan 68 63 67 65, Tommy Armour III 69 64 65 65

264 Heath Slocum 67 66 64 67

266 Vijay Singh (Fij) 66 68 64 68

267 Kenny Perry 66 67 65 69, Brad Adamonis 64 68 68 67, Michael Allen 69 66 68 64, Bubba Watson 66 68 67 66

268 Michael Letzig 68 68 63 69, Corey Pavin 68 66 70 64, Kevin Streelman 73 63 62 70

269 Brian Davis (Eng) 64 70 69 66, Chris DiMarco 66 69 64 70, Tag Ridings 66 70 66 67, John Huston 65 69 67 68, Ben Curtis 68 66 69 66, Tom Pernice Jnr. 65 68 68 68

270 Tim Herron 66 69 67 68, Lucas Glover 65 66 71 68, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 68 69 65 68, Justin Rose (Eng) 65 72 66 67, Bill Haas 68 67 69 66, Jon Mills (Can) 70 64 65 71, Briny Baird 67 70 66 67, D.J. Trahan 67 70 62 71

271 Scott McCarron 68 69 68 66, Chad Campbell 67 70 62 72, David Toms 67 69 64 71, Ken Duke 65 66 70 70, Kevin Sutherland 67 65 72 67, Jason null Day (Aus) 67 67 66 71, Steve Elkington (Aus) 70 64 66 71

272 Dustin Johnson 66 70 67 69, Bob Estes 69 68 64 71, Nicholas Thompson 67 69 68 68

273 Joe Ogilvie 70 67 68 68, Craig Kanada 67 68 70 68, Greg Kraft 69 67 66 71, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 70 65 70 68, Fred Funk 66 68 65 74, Peter Lonard (Aus) 66 70 70 67, Webb Simpson 67 70 67 69

274 Larry Mize 67 70 67 70

275 Kent Jones 66 70 73 66, Steve Lowery 64 73 69 69, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 69 65 65 76, Johnson Wagner 64 71 67 73, Bob Sowards 67 70 66 72, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 68 66 72 69, Jason Gore 71 66 69 69

276 Kevin Na (Kor) 69 66 69 72, John Rollins 70 64 68 74, Andrew Buckle (Aus) 68 68 72 68, Jason Allred 68 67 68 73, Olin Browne 68 69 69 70, Matt Kuchar 67 70 66 73, John Mallinger 67 67 74 68

277 Michael Thompson 65 67 72 73, J J Henry 66 70 68 73

278 Brett Rumford (Aus) 68 66 72 72

279 Steve Marino 67 70 72 70, Billy Mayfair 66 70 71 72, Notah Begay III 66 71 70 72, Harrison Frazar 69 68 71 71

280 Dudley Hart 68 68 72 72, Charlie Wi (Kor) 68 68 72 72, Billy Andrade 69 68 69 74

282 Vaughn Taylor 67 68 78 69

283 Chris Stroud 67 69 75 72

284 Jim McGovern 67 69 75 73, Peter Karmis (Rsa) 65 70 72 77


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